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Department of Agriculture 



LAWS 

Affecting the 



State Live Stock 
Sanitary Board 



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State and County Live Stock 
Inspectors 



ISSUED BY 

STATE LIVE STOCKT 
SANITARY BOARD 

OF 

KENTUCKY 
MAT. S. COHEN 

CHAIRMAN 



1918 



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AN ACT to suppress, prevent, control and eradi- 
cate communicable diseases in live stock, to pro- 
vide the necessary officers and define their duties 
and powers, and to appropriate funds necessary for 
its enforcement, and repealing Section 63a of Ar- 
ticle 2, Chapter 5, Carroll's 1915 edition, Kentucky 
Statutes. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- 
monwealth of Kentucky: 

Section 1. a. Whenever the word "Board" is 
used in this act, it shall be construed to mean the 
State Live Stock Sanitary Board of Kentucky. 

b. Whenever the word "communicable disease" 
is used in this act it shall refer to any one of the 
following: Anthrax, black leg, catarrhal influenza 
of horses or cattle, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, 
foot and mouth disease or aptheous fever, glanders, 
hemorraghic septicaemia, hog cholera, maladie du 
coit or dourine, mange of cattle or horses, necrobaci- 
losis or foot rot in sheep, rabies or hydrophobia, rin- 
derpest, scabies in cattle or sheep, Texas tick, or 
Southern cattle fever, tuberculosis, or any other dis- 
ease now or hereafter proclaimed by the Board to 
be of a transmissible character. 

c. Whenever the word "owner" appears in this 
act, it shall be construed to mean any person own- 
ing, or leasing from another, or having in charge 
any domestic animal or animals. 

d. Whenever the word "premises" is used in this 
act it shall be construed to mean any part or por- 
tion of land, or any structure erected on land, and 
any vehicle or vessel used in the transportation ot 
passengers, goods or animals whether by land or 
water. 

e. Whenever the word "person" is used in this 
act, it shall be construed to mean any individual, 
co-partnership, association or corporation. 

Section 2. That it shall be the duty of every prac- 
titioner of veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry, 
owner or person having knowledge of the existence 
of any communicable disease of live stock within 
the State to immediately report same to the county 
live stock inspector of the county, in which the dis- 
ease exists, or to the State Veterinarian. This re- 
port shall be in writing and shall include a descrip- 
tion of the animal or animals, the name and exact 
postoffice address of the owner, location of animal 
or animals, the number of susceptible animals ex- 
posed to the disease and the number of animals hav- 
ing died of the disease. Failure on the part of the 



owner, or person, or veterinarian treating such ani- 
mal or animals, to report such disease or diseases 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- 
tion shall be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars 
por more than fifty ($50.00) dollars. 

Section 3. That any person, who shall have In 
his possession any domestic animal or animals in- 
fected with a communicable disease, and who shall 
knowingly permit such animal or animals to run at 
large, or who shall knowingly keep such animal or 
animals where other domestic animals not affected 
with or previously exposed to such disease may be- 
come infected with or exposed thereto, or knowingly 
permit such animal or animals to go on, across or 
along any public highway, or in any field or lot adja- 
cent to any public highway, or through which flows a 
stream, or who shall ship, drive, haul, sell, offer for 
sale, trade or give away any such animal or animals, 
except on special permit from the Board, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- 
tion shall be fined not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars 
nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars for 
each offense. 

Section 4. That any person, except common car- 
riers, who shall ship, drive, haul, or in any other 
way bring into this State any animal or animals in- 
fected with a communicable disease, or that have 
within the previous thirty days been exposed there- 
to, or who shall ship, drive, haul, -or in any other 
way bring into this State any animal or animals in 
violation of any order, rule, or regulation of the 
Board in establishing interstate quarantine to pre- 
vent the entrance of disease into this State, shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction shall be fined not less than two hundred 
($200.00) dollars nor more than one thousand ($1,- 
000.00) dollars for the first offense; and not less 
than five hundred ($500.00) dollars nor more than 
fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars, and imprison- 
ment in the county jail for a period of not less than 
sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred and 
twenty (120) days upon conviction for a second of- 
fense. 

Section 5. That any person who in any way inter 
feres with the Board, or any of its members, repre- 
sentatives, agents or employes in the inspection of 
premises and animals, or who wilfully hinders, ob- 
structs, evades or otherwise disregards any quaran- 
tine the Board may declare, or violates any rule or 
regulation it may make for the purpose of prevent- 
ing the spread of communicable diseases in live 
stock, or who shall conceal or attempt to conceal 
the presence of an animal or animals infected with 
or exposed to a communicable disease, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- 
tion shall be fined not less than fifty ($50.00) dob 



lars, nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars 
for the first offense; should the same person be 
convicted of a second offense he shall be fined not 
less than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, nor more 
than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars and shall be 
imprisoned in the county jail for not less than sixty 
(60) days nor more than one hundred and twenty 
(120) days. 

Section 6. That the movement of domestic ani- 
mals from other states into Kentucky shall be made 
only in compliance with the rules and regulations 
of the Board, and any animal or animals brought into 
this State in violation of any rule or regulation of 
the Board shall be placed in quarantine and so held 
until the necessary inspection or test has been com- 
pleted by a representative or agent of the Board, and 
all expenses incident to such quarantine, including 
the inspection and testing, shall be borne by the 
owner. The transportation of any domestic animal 
or animals into the State of Kentucky by any com- 
mon carrier in violation of the law, rules and regu- 
lations of the Board shall constitute a misdemeanor 
and upon conviction thereof such common carrier 
shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding five 
hundred ($500.00) dollars for each offense. 

Section 7. That whenever the Board, or any of 
its authorized agents, shall determine that any do- 
mestic animal or animals are infected with or ex- 
posed to any communicable disease and that to pre- 
vent the spread of disease it is necessary to destroy 
or slaughter such animal or animals, such animal 
or animals shall be appraised and destroyed or 
slaughtered, and the owner indemnified therefor as 
hereinafter provided. The authorized agent of the 
Board shall act as one of the appraisers, the owner 
shall select any disinterested person, as an appraiser, 
who is a bona fide resident of the county in which 
the appraisal is made, and who must be a resident 
holder of real property in such county, and who is 
well informed as to the value of animals; and in 
case of disagreement, these two appraisers shall se- 
lect a third person, who must have the same qualifi- 
cations as the appraiser selected by the owner. In 
the appraisement of such animals under this act, 
the appraisers shall consider the value of the ani- 
mal at the time of such appraisal, keeping in mind 
the fact that said animal is diseased. After such 
appraisal has been agreed upon, the Board, or its 
authorized agent, shall proceed in the best manner 
possible to destroy or slaughter such animal or ani- 
mals, having in view at all times the disposition of 
the carcass in the best and safest manner. Such 
agent is hereby authorized and empowered to sell 
the entire carcass or carcasses, or any portion there- 
of, and the amount secured from such sale is to be 
paid to the owner, and this amount is to be deducted 
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from three-fourths (%) of the appraised value and 
the remainder is the amount to be paid by the State 
to the owner as indemnity. Where it is not practica- 
ble to sell the carcass or carcasses, or any portion 
thereof, then three-fourths (%) of the appraised 
value shall be paid by the State to the owner as in- 
demnity. 

Sub-section a. Provided, That no indemnity shall 
be paid for any animal or animals, except' such ani- 
mal or animals shall have been the property of the 
person claiming indemnity therefor and shall have 
been within the State for a period of at least six 
(6) months prior to the time of appraisal, except 
when animals are destroyed or slaughtered on ac- 
count of aptheous fever or foot and mouth disease, 
dourine, glanders, or contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 

Sub-section b. Provided, further, That no indem- 
nity shall be paid for any animal or animals owned 
by the United States, the State of Kentucky, or any 
county, city, town, or village within this State, nor 
for any animal or animals that have been brought 
into this State in violation of the law, or any rule 
or regulation of the Board; nor when the owner at 
the time of coming into possession of such animal 
or animals had any reason to believe that it was so 
infected; nor when the Board, or its authorized 
agents, have satisfactory evidence that the owner 
had been guilty of negligence or carelessness in per> 
mitting such animal or animals to become 'exposed 
to such communicable disease. 

Sub-section c. Provided, further, That in case of 
an epizootic of foot and mouth disease, or any other 
communicable disease, any animal or animals that 
are destroyed by order of the United States Gov- 
ernment, or any department thereof, and an indem- 
nity of fifty (50%) per cent, of the appraised value 
is being paid by the United States Government, or 
any department thereof, the State of Kentucky shall 
only pay a like amount, or fifty (50%) per cent, 
of the appraised value. 

Sub-section d. Provided, further, That in case of 
an epizootic of a communicable disease of such 
character as to necessitate the destruction of prop- 
erty or materials to prevent the spread of disease, 
said property or materials may be appraised, de- 
stroyed and indemnities paid therefor in the same 
manner as provided for in this act for the appraisal, 
destruction or slaughter, and the payment of indem- 
nities for animals, except that no indemnities shall 
be paid to exceed fifty (50%) per cent, of the ap- 
praised value of said property or materials. 

Sub-section e. Provided, further, That whenever 
such appraisal has been agreed upon and before in- 
demnities have been paid, the owner shall thoroughly 
clean and disinfect the premises and any animal or 
animals, that have been exposed to such infection, 
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as the Board, or its authorized agent, may deter- 
mine; such disinfection shall be done at the expense 
of the owner and under the supervision of said 
Board, or its authorized agent. After such appraisal 
has been agreed upon and disinfection has been com- 
pleted, carcass or carcasses disposed of, the Board 
shall execute a claim or voucher upon the State Audi- 
tor for any amount due the owner, the said claim 
or voucher to be approved by the State Veterinarian 
and the chairman of the Board; upon receipt of 
such claim or voucher, the Auditor shall issue his 
warrant on the State Treasurer for said amount, 
who in turn shall draw a check upon the General Ex- 
penditure fund of the State and forward same to the 
chairman of the Board, by whom it shall be paid 
to the owner. All indemnities paid for the destruc- 
tion or slaughter of live stock infected with or ex- 
posed to any of the communicable diseases shall be 
paid out of the General Expenditure fund on the 
warrant of the Auditor upon receipt of vouchers ap- 
proved by the State Veterinarian and the chairman 
of the Board. 

Sub-section f. Provided, further, That in no case 
shall the amount paid as indemnity exceed for any 
equine animal the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dol- 
lars; for a registered bovine animal, two hundred 
($200.00) dollars; for a grade bovine animal, one 
hundred ($100.00) dollars, and that no indemnities 
shall be paid by the State for any animal or ani- 
mals destroyed or slaughtered on account of any 
disease, except foot and mouth disease, glanders, 
contagious pleuro-pneumonia, bovine tuberculosis, or 
maladie du coit or dournie, and any disease for which 
the United States Government, or any department 
thereof, shall pay fifty (50%) per cent. 

Section 8. That all carcasses of domestic animals, 
which have died or which have been destroyed on 
account of any disease, except those destroyed on 
account of tuberculosis and slaughtered under the 
supervision of the State Veterinarian or other rep- 
resentative of the Board, unless otherwise ordered 
by the Board, shall be disposed of as follows: 

a. Complete cremation of the entire carcass and 
all of its parts and products. 

b. Boiling carcass and all of its parts and prod- 
ucts in water, or heating with steam at a tempera- 
ture above boiling continuously for two (2) hours 
or more. 

c. Burying carcass and all of its parts and prod- 
ucts in the earth at a point which is never covered 
with the overflow of ponds or streams, and which Is 
distant not less than one hundred (100) feet from 
any watercourse, well, spring, public highway, resi- 
dence or stable. Carcass shall be placed in an open- 
ing in the earth at least four (4) feet deep, ab- 
dominal and thoracic cavities opened wide their en- 

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tire length with a knife, or other sharp instrument, 
and the entire carcass covered with two (2) inches 
of quicklime and at least three (3) feet of earth. 

Neglect or refusal on the part of the owner to 
dispose of carcass or carcasses, as above set forth, 
•within forty-eight (48) hours after said carcass or 
carcasses are found, shall constitute a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction said owner shall be fined not 
less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than fifty 
($50.00) dollars for each offense. 

Section. 9. That during the prevalence of any com- 
municable disease in live stock and to prevent the 
spread of such communicable disease, it shall be 
deemed lawful and necessary for any person to kill, 
or otherwise destroy and to burn or bury the car- 
casses of buzzards, crows, pigeons, doves, or any 
other bird or fowl known to be carriers of infectious 
material, that he may find upon his premises. 

Section 10. That the carcass or carcasses of any 
animal or animals shall not under any circumstances 
be loaded in cars, crates, boats, wagons or other 
vehicles containing live animals, except on special 
permit from the State Veterinarian. Such carcass 
or carcasses shall be disposed of in accordance vvith 
the provisions of Section 8. 

Section 31. That any person manufacturing anti- 
hog cholera serum, hog cholera virus, or any other 
product used in the prevention or treatment of 
swine diseases, shall before any of said products are 
sold or offered for sale in this State, pay or cause 
to be paid to the chairman of the Board an annual 
license fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars and shall execute 
bond in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars 
for their faithful compliance with the laws, rules 
and regulations of the Board, said bond to be ac- 
ceptable to the chairman of the Board. All licenses 
or forfeitures under this act shall be paid to the 
chairman and shall be used in the same manner as 
the funds appropriated for the use of the Board. Any 
person violating the provisions of this section shall 
upon conviction be fined not less than five hundred 
'($500.00) dollars nor more than five thousand ($5,- 
$00.00) dollars. Any veterinarian, or other person, 
"who knowingly purchases or uses anti-hog cholera 
serum, hog cholera virus, or any other product used 
in the prevention or treatment of swine diseases, 
manufactured and sold by any person, who has not 
complied with the provisions of this section, shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction 
shall be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars 
nor more than fifty ($50.00) dollars for each offense. 

Section 12. That to carry out the provisions of 
this act, there is hereby constituted the State Live 
Stock Sanitary Board of Kentucky, which shall con- 
sist of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and 
Statistics, ex-officio chairman, the Director of the 



Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, ex-officio 
member and vice chairman, the Head of the Division 
of Animal Husbandry of the Kentucky Agricultural 
Experiment Station, ex-officio member, and four 
members of the State Board of Agriculture, two from 
each of the dominant political parties, to be selected 
annually by the said State Board of Agriculture. The 
members of the Board shall serve without salary, but 
shall receive ten ($10.00) dollars per diem for each 
day the Board is actually in session, together with 
all the necessary traveling and other expenses in- 
curred while engaged in the discharge of their offi- 
cial duties. The chairman of the Board shall receive 
for his services, as such, a salary of one thousand 
five hundred ($1,500.00) dollars per annum and the 
necessary traveling and other expenses incurred 
while engaged in the discharge of his official duties. 
The chairman of the Board may, and at the request of 
four members shall, call the meetings of the Board 
at such times and places as may be deemed neces- 
sary for the best interests of the live stock industry. 

Section 13. That, the Board is hereby charged 
with the enforcement of the provisions of this act, 
and it shall be the duty of said Board to adopt and 
enforce such measures, as it may deem necessary, 
to improve and protect the live stock industry of this 
State, and to prevent, suppress, control, and eradicate 
any communicable disease of live stock; to investi- 
gate the prevalence of communicable diseases in live 
stock upon receipt of reports of same; to issue such 
circulars, pamphlets, bulletins or other literature, as 
it may deem necessary, for public distribution; to 
give information and instruction to farmers, breed- 
ers and feeders of live stock in the nature, cause, 
prevention and control of communicable diseases; to 
regulate the importation, sale, use and distribution 
of biological, chemical, or other products, substances 
or materials used in the diagnosis, treatment or pre- 
vention of live stock diseases; to receive and receipt 
for all moneys receivable from licenses provided for 
in this act; and for the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of this act the Board is hereby authorized 
and empowered to co-operate with the Kentucky Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station in conducting the nec- 
essary scientific investigations relating to the 
cause, nature, prevention and treatment of com- 
municable diseases in live stock; to establish, main- 
tain and enforce such quarantine and other meas- 
ures, as it may deem necessary, in controlling the 
movement of live stock into, through or within the 
state; to order and enforce the cleaning and disin- 
fection of premises and all articles and materials, 
by which communicable diseases may be transmitted, 
and the destruction of diseased and exposed ani- 
mals and all such property and materials, as may 
be necessary in the eradication of disease; to adopt, 
issue and enforce such rules and regulations, as it 

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may deem necessary, in preventing the spread of 
communicable diseases; to print, or to have printed, 
such circulars, pamphlets, bulletins or other litera- 
ture, as may be necessary, and to distribute same; 
to regulate the importation, sale, use and distribu- 
tion of biological, chemical or other products, sub- 
stances or materials used in the diagnosis, treatment 
or prevention of live stock diseases when the pro- 
visions of section 10 of this act have been com- 
plied with; to employ the necessary scientific, field, 
stenographic and clerical assistants and to fix their 
salaries. 

Sub-section a. Whenever the Board may consider 
it necessary to employ the services of veterinarians- 
in any part of the state for the purpose of carrying 
out the provisions of this act, they may be employed 
and shall be paid not to exceed seven ($7.00) dol- 
lars per diem and their necessary traveling and 
other expenses incurred while engaged in the dis- 
charge of their official duties. 

Sub-section b. The Board, or any of its members, 
representatives, agents or employees, are empowered 
to enter premises, public or private, for the pur- 
pose of making the necessary inspections, or in any 
way enforcing the provisions of this act, and when 
necessary to call upon the sheriff, his deputies, con- 
stables, police, or other officers for assistance in 
enforcing the law, rules and regulations; and it shall 
be the duty of such officers to render such assist- 
ance when ordered so to do by the Board, or any 
of its members, representatives, agents or em- 
ployees. 

Section 14. That, the Board is authorized and 
empowered to adopt, issue and enforce such rules 
and regulations, as in their judgment may be ne- 
cessary, to provide for the proper disposal of cows 
suffering from a local or constitutional disease, that 
is transmissible to man. Any person violating said 
rules and regulations shall be fined not less than 
ten ($10. u0) dollars, nor more than fifty ($50.00) dol- 
lars for the first offense; should the same person 
be found guilty of a second offense, he shall be < 
fined not less than two hundred ($200.00) dollars, 
nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, and 
imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty 
(30) days, nor more than ninety (90) days, or both 
such fine and imprisonment. 

Section 15. That, this Board may co-operate with 
the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, and with officials in 
charge of live stock sanitation in other states in 
maintaining interstate quarantine and in the preven- 
tion, control and eradication of any communicable 
disease in live stock; or with any other agency, that 
in their opinion, is for the best interests of the live 
stock industry. And the Board may appoint in writ- 
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ing any veterinary inspector of the Bureau of Ani- 
mal Industry, or any other employee of said Bureau, 
as State Live Stock Inspector, who shall have the 
same power as the county live stock inspector, or 
other representative of the Board, and shall be at all 
times subject to the orders of the Board and shall 
report his actions to said Board, but no veterinary 
inspector or other employee of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry shall receive any compensation for his ser- 
vices from the state, or any sub-division thereof. 

Section 16. That, the Board shall within ninety 
(90) days after this act becomes effective elect a 
State Veterinarian. Said State Veterinarian shall 
be a resident of this state, a licensed graduate veter- 
inarian and shall have practiced his profession con- 
tinuously in this state for a period of five (5) years 
prior to his election, and shall hold office for a 
term of four (4) years and until his successor shall 
have been elected and qualified. He shall devote 
his entire time to the duties of the office and shall 
receive no compensation from any source whatever 
for his official services, other than his salary, which 
shall be fixed by the Board, but shall not exceed 
the sum of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars per 
annum, together with the necessary traveling and 
other expenses incurred while in the discharge of 
his official duties, and he shall be subject to re- 
moval from office by the Board at any time for cause. 
The office of the State Veterinarian shall be in the 
Department of Agriculture, new State Capitol, Frank- 
fort, Kentucky. 

Sub-section a. Upon the recommendation of the 
State Veterinarian, the Board may within its dis- 
cretion select and appoint a Deputy State Veteri- 
narian, who shall be a resident of this state, a li- 
censed graduate veterinarian and shall have prac- 
ticed his profession continuously within this state 
for a period of three (3) years prior to his election 
and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years 
and until his successor shall have been elected and 
qualified. Said Deputy State Veterinarian shall re- 
ceive an annual salary not to exceed two thousand 
($2,000.00) dollars and the necessary traveling and 
other expenses incurred while engaged in the dis- 
charge of his official duties, and shall be , subject 
to removal from office by the Board at any time for 
cause. 

Section 17. That, the State Veterinarian shall be 
the chief executive agent of the Board, shall exe- 
cute and enforce the rules and regulations of said 
Board, and under the direction of said Board shall 
supervise and control the action of all deputies, in- 
spectors, agents and specialists employed by said 
Board, and to recommend from time to time such 
changes in the rules and regulations of said Board 
as he may deem necessary, and do all other things 
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necessary and proper for the successful enforcement 
of this act. 

Sub-section a. The Deputy State Veterinarian 
shall devote his entire time to the duties of the of- 
fice, shall assist the State Veterinarian in the en- 
iorcement of the rules and regulations of the Board, 
and shall in the absence or incapacity of the State 
Veterinarian be executive agent of the Board with 
the same duties and powers of the State Veterinar- 
ian. 

Section 18. That the Fiscal Court in each and 
every county shall, within sixty (60) days after this 
Act becomes effective, appoint or elect a county live 
stock inspector, who shall be a citizen of the county 
and a licensed veterinarian, if there be such in the 
county, regularly engaged in the practice of veteri- 
nary medicine. If there be neither a licensed grad- 
uate veterinarian nor a licensed non-graduate vet- 
erinarian in the county, the county live stock inspec- 
tor shall be a reputable citizen of the county, who 
is familiar with the care and attention of live stock 
and the prevention and treatment of live stock dis- 
eases. But in no case shall the appointment or elec- 
tion of the county live stock inspector become effec- 
tive until after such appointment or election has 
been approved by the Board. The fiscal court shall 
fix the salary of the county live stock inspector, 
which shall be an amount commensurate with his 
ability and his duties. Said salary and the necessary 
expenses incurred in the discharge of his official 
duties shall be paid by the county, as are other 
county salaries and expenses. Should the members 
of the fiscal court fail to carry out the provisions 
of this act, they shall be charged with, misfeasance 
in office arid shall be subject to punishment for such 
offense. 

Section 19. That the county live stock inspector 
■shall, after his appointment or election has been 
approved by the Board, be its local agent or repre- 
sentative under the direction of the State Veteri- 
narian in enforcing its laws, rules and regulations, 
and shall report in writing to the State Veterinarian 
all outbreaks of communicable diseases giving the 
name and exact postoffice address of the owner, the 
number of animals that have died, number sick, num- 
ber of susceptible animals exposed to the disease, 
and for this purpose he may be authorized and em- 
powered by the State Veterinarian to make the ne- 
cessary investigations, enter any premises, examine 
such live stock as may be deemed necessary, to or- 
der quarantine of any animal or animals and prem- 
ises and see that such quarantine is enforced and 
maintained until such time as it may be released 
by order of the Board, and shall at all times co- 
operate with the Board in preventing, suppressing, 
controlling and eradicating communicable diseases 
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in live stock, reporting his official action to the State 
Veterinarian, who shall upon receipt of such report 
render assistance, if necessary- Failure upon the 
part of the -county live stock inspector to comply 
with the directions of the State Veterinarian shall 
be cause for removal from office, and his removal 
shall be at the discretion of the Board. 

Section 20. That, all railroads or other common 
carriers operating within this state shall furnish the 
members of the Board, the State Veterinarian, the 
Deputy State Veterinarian, and the agents and em- 
ployees of said Board free transportation over their 
lines within the state while they are engaged in the 
discharge of their official duties. 

Section 21. That, for the use of said Board in 
carrying out the provisions of this act, there is here- 
by annually appropriated the sum of twenty-eight 
thousand one hundred and ninety ($28,190.00) dol- 
lars out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated. 

Sub-section a. Should the above sum prove in- 
sufficient for the employment of the necessary in- 
spectors, during an epizootic of foot and mouth dis- 
ease, or aptheous fever, the Governor may order the 
expenditure of an additional five thousand ($5,000.00) 
dollars, and said sum may be expended on the order 
of the Governor in any one year. 

Section 22. That, the Board shall make a biennial 
report to the General Assembly of all its actions and 
expenditures. 

Section 23. That all laws, or parts of laws, incon- 
sistent with or repugnant to this act, are hereby 
repealed. 

Section 24. Whereas, it is most imperative that 
the live stock industry of this Commonwealth should 
be protected, increased and conserved, an emergen- 
cy is hereby declared to exist and this act shall be- 
come effective upon its passage and approval. 

Approved by the Speaker of the House, the Presi- 
dent of the Senate, and the Governor, March 20, 1918. 



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